29 Facts About Hideki Matsuyama

Hideki Matsuyama is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Hideki Matsuyama is the first-ever Japanese professional golfer to win a men's major golf championship – the 2021 Masters Tournament.

Hideki Matsuyama is a two-time winner of tournaments in the World Golf Championships, two-time winner of the Waste Management Phoenix Open, eight-time Japan Golf Tour winner, and two-time winner of the Asian Amateur Championship.

Hideki Matsuyama attained his highest rank of second in the Official World Golf Rankings for men in June 2017.

Hideki Matsuyama was born on 25 February 1992 in Hideki Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan.

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Hideki Matsuyama was introduced to golf at the age of four, by his father.

At the Masters, Hideki Matsuyama was the leading amateur and won the Silver Cup, which is presented to the lowest scoring amateur.

In 2011, Hideki Matsuyama won the gold medal at the 2011 World University Games.

Hideki Matsuyama led the Japan team to the gold medal in the team event.

Hideki Matsuyama turned professional in April 2013 and won his second professional tournament, the 2013 Tsuruya Open on the Japan Golf Tour.

Five weeks later, Hideki Matsuyama won his third title on the Japan Golf Tour at the Diamond Cup Golf tournament.

In just seven PGA Tour-sanctioned events, Hideki Matsuyama had six top-25 finishes, including a T-6 at the 2013 Open Championship.

Hideki Matsuyama earned his first PGA Tour win at the 2014 Memorial Tournament, beating Kevin Na in a playoff and moving to a career-high OWGR ranking of 13th.

Hideki Matsuyama finished fifth at the 2015 Masters Tournament, the best major finish of his career to that point.

On 7 February 2016, Hideki Matsuyama won the Waste Management Phoenix Open in a playoff with Rickie Fowler.

On 16 October 2016, Hideki Matsuyama captured the Japan Open by three strokes over Yuta Ikeda and Lee Kyoung-hoon.

On 30 October 2016, Hideki Matsuyama followed up his Japan Open triumph by winning the WGC-HSBC Champions, colloquially known as "Asia's Major", in Shanghai.

Hideki Matsuyama became the first Asian golfer to claim a World Golf Championship since the series was inaugurated in 1999.

Hideki Matsuyama later moved up to fifth in the world after the Farmers Insurance Open.

On 13 November 2016, Hideki Matsuyama won his second Taiheiyo Masters, following his victory as a 19-year-old amateur in 2011.

In December 2019, Hideki Matsuyama played on the International team at the 2019 Presidents Cup at Royal Melbourne Golf Club in Australia.

On 11 April 2021, Hideki Matsuyama won the Masters Tournament, becoming both the first Japanese player and the first Asian-born player to win the tournament.

Hideki Matsuyama finished with an overall score of 278, one shot ahead of runner-up Will Zalatoris.

The following week Hideki Matsuyama was tied for the lead after 72 holes at the WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational.

Hideki Matsuyama was beaten in the playoff when Abraham Ancer birdied the second extra hole.

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In October 2021, Hideki Matsuyama won the Zozo Championship at Narashino Country Club.

Hideki Matsuyama won by five strokes over Cameron Tringale and Brendan Steele.

On 16 January 2022, Hideki Matsuyama won the Sony Open in Hawaii; having made up a five-shot deficit on the back nine to get into a playoff with Russell Henley, he made an eagle on the first extra hole to claim the victory.

On 2 June 2022, at the Memorial Tournament at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, Hideki Matsuyama was disqualified midway through his first round due to having a white paint-like substance on the face of his 3-wood.